Thin hair on mother's side of the family?

[Gone]

I am wondering if the thin hair my mom has in her family could, when paired with my dad's genes, explain why I'm balding. Does your mom or her family have thin hair, or is this instead a coincidence in my case? (By thin hair I don't mean balding exactly, just low density).

 

[jackm415]

My mom has very thin hair just like me, so yes. But I'm not balding yet to my knowledge. I def inherited my mom's hair texture (straight and thin) but I'm pretty sure I inherited my dad's hairline and whorl

My hair is already extremely thin so I'm worried that predisposes me for going bald because its already looks like its balding (and has been for my entire life)

 

[joeblack2017]

Yeah this is the case with me. My dad and his dad has superior hair genes. My grandpa (dad's dad) died with a full head of hair. My uncles from father side all had norwood 0, but my relatives from my mother side all have that balding/diffusing genes, and that's what I got. Sucks but it is what it is. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll gonna get. It is what it is.

 

[NickyA]

I'm the same as Joe. Men from my dad's family are all NW1s till death, but men in my mum's family are a mixed bag: There is a NW2 one at 44 and the rest end up NW5A-NW6 by their 40s-50s.

I've read some scientific papers that point that the overall hair sensitivity to DHT might be influenced by your maternal genes, and your overall DHT levels and 5-alpha-reductase activity (The enzyme that produces DHT) might be influenced by your paternal genes. So for example, you might inherit high DHT levels from your father, but low or no hair sensitivity to DHT. This might be the case of Arnold Schwarzegger, whose dad was bald by his mid/late thirties, yet Arnie never went bald despite blasting steroids at a time when little was known about them.

On the other hand, someone might have inherited low DHT levels from his dad, but might have moderate or high sensitivity to DHT. In this case the hair loss should be slower or milder. I've read from users here that the hair's sensitivity to DHT tends to increase as we age but I've no idea if it is true or not.

 

[jackm415]

I'm the same as Joe. Men from my dad's family are all NW1s till death, but men in my mum's family are a mixed bag: There is a NW2 one at 44 and the rest end up NW5A-NW6 by their 40s-50s.

I've read some scientific papers that point that the overall hair sensitivity to DHT might be influenced by your maternal genes, and your overall DHT levels and 5-alpha-reductase activity (The enzyme that produces DHT) might be influenced by your paternal genes. So for example, you might inherit high DHT levels from your father, but low or no hair sensitivity to DHT. This might be the case of Arnold Schwarzegger, whose dad was bald by his mid/late thirties, yet Arnie never went bald despite blasting steroids at a time when little was known about them.

On the other hand, someone might have inherited low DHT levels from his dad, but might have moderate or high sensitivity to DHT. In this case the hair loss should be slower or milder. I've read from users here that the hair's sensitivity to DHT tends to increase as we age but I've no idea if it is true or not.

Yeah its a mixed bag. In terms of facial hair, I have the exact same pattern as my dad, along with the direction of my hair growth. But my hair color and texture is different from my dad's. Hopefully, the fact I have the same hairline and facial hair as my dad right now is a good sign. Pretty sure I definitely inherited low dht from my dads side as well, but i'm unsure about my dht sensitivity.

 

[Hairful]

Same here, mom side is bald/bad hair. Dads side has nw0

ughhhh